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America had only just gotten used to mass media and game shows when Stephen King (under the pen name Richard Bachmann) wrote The Running Man . Published in 1982, the dystopian thriller—eerily set in 2025—tells of a family man who enters a televised reality show where contestants outrun professional killers to win a lucrative cash prize. Now that it's actually 2025 and we're addicted to screens and dopamine and facing the threat of totalitarianism more than ever, The Running Man is relevant still.
Now, there's now a new film version starring Glen Powell : The Running Man , directed by Edgar Wright, which just landed in theaters. But when can you watch the movie from the comfort of your home and streaming devices? Well, as a new theatrical release from Paramount,

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